Vatican diplomat decries ‘eugenic’ termination of Down syndrome pregnancies March 24, 2026By Deborah Castellano Lubov Vatican News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News A Vatican diplomat in Geneva issued a call for greater commitment to the defense of the dignity and rights of people with Down syndrome, decrying the current “discriminatory and eugenic practices” related to prenatal screening.
Universal health coverage is not a luxury but ‘a moral imperative,’ pope says March 24, 2026By OSV News Vatican News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Vatican, World News Universal health coverage is not “merely a technical goal to be achieved” but is a “moral imperative,” Pope Leo XIV told participants at a conference on health equity.
Pope Leo XIV meets head of Israel’s Holocaust memorial center March 24, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV met with the head of Israel’s Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center at the Vatican March 23.
Chesterton Academy students from across U.S. make pilgrimage to Rome March 24, 2026By OSV News Vatican News Filed Under: News, Schools, Vatican, World News Chesterton Academy students from across the U.S. kicked off a 10-day pilgrimage to Italy with Pope Leo XIV’s general audience in St. Peter’s Square.
Pope Leo XIV declares Boys Town founder Father Flanagan venerable March 23, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV declared Father Edward Flanagan, the founder of Boys Town, venerable on March 23, recognizing his heroic virtue and moving him one step closer to sainthood.
Pope Leo: Death and pain caused by wars a scandal for entire human family March 23, 2026By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News As the U.S. and Israel-Iran war enters its fourth week, and amid a deep humanitarian crisis throughout the region, Pope Leo XIV appealed during his Sunday Angelus prayer March 22: “Persevere in prayer, so that hostilities may cease and paths of peace may finally open up, based on sincere dialogue and respect for the dignity of every human person.”
Pope’s visit to show that Christianity is asset, not danger, for Algeria, bishop says March 22, 2026By Ngala Killian Chimton OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News As Pope Leo XIV prepares to visit Algeria as the first stop of his apostolic trip to Africa April 13–23, Bishop Michel Guillaud of Constantine-Hippone told OSV News the Holy Father’s presence will demonstrate that Christianity “is an asset and not a danger” to Algeria.
Childhood classmates from the United States reunite with Pope Leo March 20, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Schools, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV, who graduated from the lower school of St. Mary of the Assumption on the city’s South Side in 1969, greeted and reminisced with 10 of his 82 former classmates after the general audience in St. Peter’s Square March 18.
Pope Leo XIV meets Spanish royals at Vatican, renewing crown’s historic bond with Basilica of St. Mary Major March 20, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV received King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain at the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace March 20, ahead of a solemn ceremony in which the Spanish king renewed a centuries-old bond with the Basilica of St. Mary Major by taking possession of his hereditary title as its protocanon.
Pope Leo XIV calls bishops to Rome to discuss marriage and family in October March 19, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Marriage & Family Life, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV announced March 19 that he is asking the presidents of all bishops’ conferences around the world to convene in Rome in October to renew and deepen the Church’s discussion on marriage and family in light of “Amoris Laetitia.”
Communion of faithful, not just clergy, shares role in safeguarding faith, pope says March 18, 2026By Josephine Peterson Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News All baptized Christians share in the Church’s mission and, guided by the Holy Spirit, are fit for renewing and building up the Church, Pope Leo XIV said at his weekly general audience.
Vatican appeals court declares partial mistrial in Cardinal Becciu trial March 18, 2026By Courtney Mares OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The Vatican’s appeals court declared a partial mistrial in the high-profile financial misconduct case involving Cardinal Angelo Becciu and other defendants, citing procedural errors by prosecutors in the Vatican trial that led in 2023 to a jail sentence for the cardinal on several counts of financial embezzlement.
